Words ending with amus
5 letter words ending with amus
- camus — Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957
- lamus — a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- namus — (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- ramus — a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- wamus — a heavy cardigan jacket, loosely knit and belted.
7 letter words ending with amus
- calamus — any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus, some species of which are a source of rattan and canes
- paramus — a city in NE New Jersey.
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
8 letter words ending with amus
9 letter words ending with amus
- gaudeamus — a university students' gathering or merry-making
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
10 letter words ending with amus
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
11 letter words ending with amus
- epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
- nostradamus — (Michel de Nostredame) 1503–66, French astrologer.
12 letter words ending with amus
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- pigmy hippopotamus — a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis
- pygmy hippopotamus — a small hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, of forests and swamps in western Africa.
13 letter words ending with amus
- amphithalamus — (in an ancient Greek house) a room adjoining the thalamus.
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